General Information of Nepal

Nepal is Federal Democratic Republic of South Asia, it is landlocked country.  Nepal has a rich geography. The mountainous north has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level.

General Statistics of Nepal

Area:- 147,181 km²  Or 56,827 sq mi 
Population:- 26,494,504 

Population Categories: 
Terai  constitutes  50.27%( 13,318,705)
Hill constitutes 43% (11,394,007 )
Mountain constitutes %(1,781,792)
Highest  population, Central  development  region ( 36.45%)

Lowest population, Far western region (9.63%)

Highest population density Kathmandu district (4,416 person per square km)

Lowest population density Manang district (3 person per square km) 

Highest population  growth  rate Kathmandu  district  (61.23 percent)
least  population  growth  rate  Manang  ( -31.80  percent  )

Caste/Ethnicity: There are 125 caste/ethnic groups reported in the census 2011

Chhetri - 16.6% (4,398,053) 
Brahman-Hill (12.2% ; 3,226,903),
Magar (7.1% ; 1,887,733), 
Tharu (6.6% ; 1,737,470), 
Tamang (5.8% ; 1,539,830),
 Newar (5.0%  ; 1,321,933), 
Kami (4.8% ; 1,258,554), 
Musalman (4.4% ; 1,164,255), 
Yadav (4.0% ; 1,054,458) and 
Rai (2.3% ; 620,004).

Mother Tongue: here are 123 languages spoken as mother tongue reported in census 2011

Nepali  44.6  percent  (11,826,953)  
Maithili  (11.7%  3,092,530),  
Bhojpuri  (6.0%;  1,584,958),  
Tharu (5.8%;  1,529,875),  
Tamang  (5.1%;  1,353,311),  
Newar  (3.2%;  846,557),   
Bajjika  (3.0%; 793,418), 
Magar (3.0%; 788,530),
Doteli (3.0%; 787,827),
Urdu (2.6%; 691,546). 


Religion:  There  are  ten  types  of  religion  categories  reported  in  the  census.  
Hinduism  81.3 %(21,551,492)
Buddhism   (9.0%; 2,396,099),  
Islam  (4.4%;  1,162,370),  , 
Kirat  (3.1%;  807,169),  
Christianity  (1.4%;  375,699), 
Prakriti (0.5%; 121,982),
Bon (13,006), 
Jainism (3,214), 
Bahai (1,283) and
Sikhism (609). 



Literacy Rate:

65.9 % in 2011.  
Male  75.1% 
Female 57.4%. 
The highest literacy rate is  reported in Kathmandu district (86.3 %) and lowest in Rautahat (41.7%) 

Largest cities

Narayanhiti Palace Museum

The 13 largest cities in 2011 by population as per census 2011) 

1. Kathmandu (17,44,240)*
2. Pokhara (Pop.: 264,991)
3. Lalitpur (Pop.: 226,728)
4. Biratnagar (Pop.: 204,949)
5. Bharatpur (Pop.: 147,777)
6. Birgunj (Pop.: 139,068)
7. Butwal (Pop.: 120,982)
8. Dharan (Pop.: 119,915)
9. Dhangadhi (Pop.: 104,047)
10. Janakpur (Pop.: 98,446)
11. Hetauda (Pop.:85,653)
12. Madhyapur Thimi (Pop.:84,142)
13. Bhaktapur (Pop.: 83,658)